Toy riding spur



y 1949- c. E. BOWERS 2,468,918

X TOY RIDING SPUR I Filed Feb. 7, 1947 /I E/Y7'O,Q., 034424. f. Ban/426 v ATTOQ/YE)? Patented May 3, 1949 a UN 1 TED 1S 2 2,468,218

TOY RIDING :FSPUR Carl Bowers, Los .Angelps,

Application February 7, 1947, Serial No. 726,992

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a toy, and particularly pertains to a toy riding spur.

Young children have a desire to play cowboy, and particularly to wear the usual cowboy paraphernalia. There is a demand therefore for replicas of equipment used by cowboys but which might be used safely by children without harm While giving them the pleasure of wearing equipment which resembles the real articles now in use. This particularly applies to riding spurs, and it is the principal object of the present invention to provide a toy riding spur which may be easily mounted upon the shoe or slipper without marring it, and which will make a noise resembling the clicking of a spur as a person walks.

The present invention contemplates a spur structure which is yieldable and may be easily mounted in an embracing position around the heel of a shoe or slipper, and which is fitted with gripping means tending to hold the spur in position without marring the shoe and without the necessity of positive fastening members, the structure being further provided with a rowel which will make a noise.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing the spur as applied to a slipper, which is indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section through the spur as seen on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l indicates a slipper or shoe upon which a spur H is mounted. This spur is formed with a frame structure comprising an inner U-shaped frame member [2 and a pair of complementary outer frame members l3. The U-shaped frame member is formed with relatively straight parallel legs 14 which lie against the inner faces of the outer frame members IS. The outer members 13 have a parallel portion [5 and ogee curve portions l6 terminating in flat parallel portions [1. The fiat portions M of the U-shaped inner frame member and the flat portions I5 of the outer frame member are fastened together by rivets [8 at a point along the fiat portions and are secured together at their ends by rivets I!) which also secure gripping cups 20 in position. The gripping cups 20 are preferably made of rubber and have a cup-shaped inner face 2| which receives a disc 22. The disc 22 lies against the inner face of the cup-shaped portion and may be formed integral with the rivet IS. The cupshaped portion thus provides an annular gripping edge 23 which may rest against the surface of a shoe or slipper and which will tend to hold the spur in position.

The flat parallel portions ll of the outer frame member l3 are spaced a distance apart and accommodate a rowel 24. This rowel is in the form of a circular disc. It is made with a central opening 25 through it, which opening accommodates a rivet 26. The rivet 26 extends through perforations 21 in the members l1. Mounted upon the rivet is a spacing sleeve 28 which holds the parallel portions ll of the frame members I3 in spaced relation to each other. The distance between the opposing faces of the members I! is greater than the thickness of the rowel, and the diameter of the opening 25 through the rowel is materially greater than the outside diameter of the spacing sleeve 28. Thus, when the person wearing the spur takes a step there is a tendency for the rowel to move with relation to the sleeve 28 and to rattle. It is desirable that the rowel 24 shall be made of some metal which will rattle when it contacts with the members l1 and the sleeve 28. The frame members l2 and I3 are made of spring metal so that the gripping cups 20 may be held yieldably against the surface of the shoe or slipper at the opposite sides of the heel.

When the spurs are to be worn the frame struc ture I2 is flexed so that the gripping cups 2E1 are spread apart to permit the inner frame mem -i ber l2 to assume an embracing position around the heel of the slipper or shoe. After the spur has been placed in position the frame member I2 will tend to hold the cups against the surface of the shoe and maintain the spur in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. When the wearer of the spur walks the discshaped rowels will rattle and click.

It will thus be seen that the spur structure here disclosed is simple and inexpensive in construction and may be easily mounted upon a shoe without the use of special fastening means, and will produce a rattling noise when the wearer takes a step.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes may be made in combination, construction and arrangement of parts by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A toy riding spur comprising a U-shaped frame structure made from a strip of resilient metal bent to dispose the width of the metal at right angles to the plane of the frame, a pair of rubber gripping cups secured in opposing relation to each other on the inner faces of the free ends of said frame member, said cups having a concaved exposed face, a pair of resilient rowel supporting members made of fiat strip metal and secured on the outer faces of said U-shaped frame member, the rear ends of said supporting. mem-- bers extending rearwardly from the frame member and lying parallel to each other at opposite sides of the median line through the U-shaped member, a rivet extending through the parallel portions of said supporting members, and a discshaped metal rowel having an opening substantially greater than that of the rivet and being mounted upon the rivet between the parallel portions of the supporting members.

CARL E. BOWERS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 272,026 Boerman Feb. 13, 1883 1,293,043 Cook Feb. 4, 1919 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 1,908 Great Britain 1792 

